Bluefish444: High End Video Cards and Converters

About Bluefish444

Bluefish444 is an innovative developer, manufacturer and marketer of uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD SDI, HDMI & ASI I/O video cards and mini converters for the professional video industry. Founded in 1998, we are headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. Bluefish444 is considered the Professionals’ Choice for video I/O by virtue of the quality, stability, and features of our products and the support we back them with.

Bluefish444 deploys its products to every continent in the world through a network of OEM developers, distributors and resellers and has an installed customer base of over 20,000 systems. Our industry partners include some of the best known content creation brands deployed in Film and TV workflows worldwide and our customers include the most recognisable names in the creation and delivery of professional video to consumers.

Bluefish444 was the first SDI video card manufacturer to supply uncompressed 4K UHD SDI I/O workflows to the professional video industry in 2012. Before that, Bluefish444 was a pioneer of the Digital Intermediate workflow delivering the first real time uncompressed 4:4:4 SDI I/O in 2003 as the industry transitioned between film, tape and digital intermediate files.

At the heart of Bluefish444’s SDI I/O technology is a proprietorially developed 12 bit video processing engine continuously developed over a decade and consecutively deployed in each generation of new design to ensure the highest quality acquisition, preview and mastering of SDI video.

THE FUTURE?

With a strong focus on the future, Bluefish444 makes substantial investments in continuous R&D. Our mission through innovation is to deliver solutions today for the professional video industry’s technical advancements of tomorrow.

File based workflows, high resolution 4K production, 4K post-production, HDR workflows, and video over IP are at the forefront of transitions in the professional video industry. Bluefish444 are continuously innovating in these areas.

In an industry that always demands “bigger and better” Bluefish444 have yet again delivered! This time we have gone one step further, the Epoch | Neutron packs a massive amount of power into a form factor that defies belief.

World’s most accessible video card

With an all new form factor the Bluefish444 Epoch | Neutron opens a whole new galaxy of options!

Bluefish444 have compressed functionality of much bigger cards into a low profile, half height PCIe video card allowing integration with rack mount, small form factor, PCIe, or Thunderbolt enclosures.

Epoch | 4K Supernova S+ TURBO can capture and playout advanced 4K UHD 3G 60 FPS SDI from the same workstation with no change to system configuration or cabling. It has the performance needed to achieve eight channels of independent 3G/2K/HD/SD video I/O.

Synaps Converter Range

SDI110 Synapse Converter

The Bluefish444 SDI110 Synapse Converter delivers high-quality SDI to HDMI video and audio signal processing in a small form factor, with second to none build quality and reliability. Bluefish444 Synapse Converters are designed and manufactured to the same exacting standards as our world renowned uncompressed SDI video cards, and include professional features such as lockable power supplies, redundant I/O’s and video down-converters.

Strictly adhering to SMPTE video standards allows user to have confidence that any compliant SMPTE SDI signal can be converted by the SDI110 Synapse Converter at the highest quality possible, and with true reliability.

Synapse SDI110 conversions from 3G/HD/SD-SDI to HDMI include video scaling, PsF mode and deinterlacing, all configured via DIP switches on the side of the converter. The 3G/HD/SD-SDI input signal is simultaneously displayed through the 3G/HD/SD-SDI loop-through. A second SDI input is provided for redundancy, providing a fail-safe mechanism should an input be lost. An on-screen display utility provides status information about the configuration settings of the converter, and an embedded pattern generator is available to calibrate 3rd party monitors.

HDMI120 Synapse Converter

The Bluefish444 HDMI120 Synapse Converter delivers high-quality HDMI video and audio signal processing in a small form factor, with second to none build quality and reliability. Bluefish444 HDMI120 Synapse Converters are designed and manufactured to the same exacting standards as our world renowned uncompressed SDI video cards, and include professional features such as lockable power supplies, redundant I/O’s and a quality video downconverter.

Strictly adhering to SMPTE video standards, Synapse HDMI120 allows users to have confidence that HDMI video and audio signals will be converted to a compliant SMPTE SDI signal by the Synapse HDMI120 at the highest quality possible and with true reliability.

Synapse HDMI120 conversions from HDMI to 3G/HD/SD-SDI include video scaling and PsF mode, configured via DIP switches on the side of the converter. The 3G/HD/SD-SDI output signal is simultaneously displayed to two 3G/HD/SD-SDI connections, allowing monitoring of recorded signals. A second HDMI input is provided for redundancy, providing a fail-safe mechanism should an input be lost. An on-screen display utility provides status information about the configuration settings of the converter, and an embedded pattern generator is available to calibrate 3rd party monitors.

ANA140 Synapse Converter

The Bluefish444 ANA140 Synapse Converter delivers high-quality analogue video and audio signal processing in a small form factor, with second to none build quality and reliability. Bluefish444 ANA140 Synapse Converters are designed and manufactured to the same exacting standards as our world renowned uncompressed SDI video cards, and include professional features such as lockable power supplies, audio muxing and a quality video down-converter.

Strictly adhering to SMPTE video standards Synapse Converters allow the user to have confidence that analogue video signals will be converted to a compliant SMPTE SDI signal by the ANA140 Synapse Converter at the highest quality possible, and with true reliability.

Synapse conversions from Composite, Component SD/HD, and S-Video signals to SDI include video scaling and PsF mode, configured via DIP switches on the side of the Converter. A second SDI output provides for additional monitoring of signals being converted for recording. AES, or analogue stereo audio signals can be muxed into the SDI output, and an on-screen display utility provides status information about the configuration settings of the Converter.

Software Products

IngeSTore

Bluefish444 have developed IngeSTore as a complementary multi-channel ingest tool enabling Bluefish444 hardware to capture multiple independent format SDI sources simultaneously. IngeSTore can be used seamlessly in combination with popular NLE software such as Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro CC to provide a simultaneous capture and output solution with compatible Bluefish444 hardware and firmware modes.

Symmetry

Symmetry is Bluefish444’s proprietary integrated DI acquisition, review and play out software for Windows and is bundled free with all Bluefish444 hardware. Symmetry is designed as a Digital Intermediary capture and playback solution for digital content creators, compositors and editors that work in either 10-bit RGB or 10-bit YUV colour space. Its flexibility and intuitive interface means that it easily integrates into any video or film post-production environment.

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